therealjohncarlson wrote:I have a general question about the end of games. You know when one team is down by a few buckets in the last couple minutes, they continue to foul the other team when they get the ball? And then when the team losing gets ball they shoot 3s to try to reduce the lead? Why doesnt the team thats ahead also foul the other team so they cant shoot 3s? In theory the game would just go back and forth with foul shots with the team down a large majority unable to really come back in such a short amount of time.

Because a 3 point shot is low percentage, and by fouling, you also stop the clock for the opposing team. You're trying to drive down the seconds, not allow the other team to score without losing those precious seconds.

Great win by Oregon. I have been on the losing end of every close game so far. Gonzaga, Davidson, Butler, Saint Mary's, Wisconsin - none of them are getting it done when it counts for my bracket. *Sigh*

Sarlacc83 wrote:Great win by Oregon. I have been on the losing end of every close game so far. Gonzaga, Davidson, Butler, Saint Mary's, Wisconsin - none of them are getting it done when it counts for my bracket. *Sigh*

Same exact picks for me that have been killing me except I called the Wisconsin loss. Thats basically been the only game thats gone my way

pehawk wrote:I dont recall seeing a team run so many designed ally-oops. F GC is so damn fun to watch...their coach just lets them play.

They remind me of the Sherman Douglas, Derrick Coleman, STeven Thompson Syracuse teams of the late 80's. They were always ooping it up, and were the first college basketball team I ever paid attention to.